<h2>Create a field recommendation in Recommended Actions</h2><br/><div style="overflow-x:auto"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"><head><meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><meta name="copyright" content="(C) Copyright 2026" /><meta name="DC.rights.owner" content="(C) Copyright 2026" /><meta name="generator" content="DITA-OT" /><meta name="DC.type" content="task" /><meta name="DC.title" content="Create a field recommendation in Recommended Actions" /><meta name="abstract" content="Create a field recommendation that you can select when configuring a recommended action. Field recommendations auto-fill a value or suggest a value for a field. For example, this type of action can recommend the assignment group based on the text in the case short description." /><meta name="description" content="Create a field recommendation that you can select when configuring a recommended action. 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Field recommendations auto-fill a value or suggest a value for a field. For example, this type of action can recommend the assignment group based on the text in the case short description.</p> <div class="section prereq p"> <p class="p">Use the CSM default record page or the CSM Interaction record page to display field recommendations in CSM Configurable Workspace. For setting the CSM default record page or the CSM Interaction record page as default page, see <a class="xref" href="https://servicenow.com/docs/bundle/yokohama-customer-service-management/page/product/customer-service-management/task/config-csm-ws-set-record-page-order.html" title="Set the order number of a record page and activate the record page to determine the default page for displaying records in CSM Configurable Workspace.">Set record page order</a>.</p> <p class="p">Role required: sn_nb_action.next_best_action_author, admin</p> </div> <div class="section context" id="ra-csm-field-recs-create__context_hvn_t3x_f5b"> <div class="p">Creating a field recommendation involves two main steps:<ul class="ul" id="ra-csm-field-recs-create__ul_xhf_jvx_f5b"><li class="li">Creating inputs for the field recommendation.</li><li class="li">Creating instructions about how to recommend values by configuring a definition for each field.</li></ul> </div> <p class="p">Depending on the configuration, the recommended field values are auto-filled or shown as messages underneath the fields for the new records. The recommended field values are shown as messages only underneath the fields for the existing records.</p> </div> <ol class="ol steps" id="ra-csm-field-recs-create__steps_ihl_1bf_ztb"><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Navigate to <span class="ph menucascade"><span class="ph uicontrol">All</span> > <span class="ph uicontrol">Recommended Actions</span> > <span class="ph uicontrol">Action Types</span> > <span class="ph uicontrol">Field Recommendations</span></span>.</span> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Click <span class="ph uicontrol">New</span> on the Field Recommendations list.</span> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">In the <span class="ph uicontrol">Name</span> field, enter a name for the field recommendation.</span> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">In the <span class="ph uicontrol">Table</span> field, select a table.</span> <div class="itemgroup info">This table includes the field for which you’re configuring a recommended value.</div> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Save the record to display the related lists.</span> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">In the Field Recommendation Inputs related list, select <span class="ph uicontrol">New</span> to create an input.</span> <ol type="a" class="ol substeps" id="ra-csm-field-recs-create__substeps_ilb_dwx_f5b"><li class="li substep substepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">In the <span class="ph uicontrol">Type</span> field, select the field type for the input.</span> </li><li class="li substep substepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">In the <span class="ph uicontrol">Label</span> field, enter a label for the input.</span> </li><li class="li substep substepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">In the <span class="ph uicontrol">Column name</span> field, enter a column name.</span> <div class="itemgroup info">This name should use lower case letters and underscores. For example, <code class="ph codeph">confidence_score</code>.</div> </li><li class="li substep substepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Configure the settings for the input in the related lists.</span> <div class="itemgroup info">These settings and related lists are determined by the selection in the <span class="ph uicontrol">Type</span> field. For example, if you select Reference as the input type, you must configure:<ul class="ul" id="ra-csm-field-recs-create__ul_fm1_pxx_f5b"><li class="li">The table and any conditions for the reference field.</li><li class="li">The type of list to use.</li><li class="li">A default value.</li></ul> </div> </li><li class="li substep substepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Click <span class="ph uicontrol">Submit</span>.</span> </li></ol> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">In the Field recommendation definitions related list, select <span class="ph uicontrol">New</span> to create a definition.</span> <ol type="a" class="ol substeps" id="ra-csm-field-recs-create__substeps_czh_fyx_f5b"><li class="li substep substepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">In the <span class="ph uicontrol">Name</span> field, enter a name for the definition.</span> </li><li class="li substep substepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Select the <span class="ph uicontrol">Field</span> to be recommended and save the record to see additional details.</span> </li><li class="li substep substepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">In the <span class="ph uicontrol">Recommendation message</span> field, add the message that is recommended underneath the field on the form.</span> <div class="itemgroup info">You can include the recommended value as part of the message by using the pill-picker.<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> If the resource generator returns an empty field value, the recommendation message is not displayed.</div> </div> </li><li class="li substep substepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">In the <span class="ph uicontrol">Recommended value</span> field, use the pill-picker to select a value.</span> </li><li class="li substep substepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">In the <span class="ph uicontrol">Recommendation Method</span> list, select one of the options that auto-fills the value or recommends the value as a message.</span> <div class="itemgroup info"> <div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" id="ra-csm-field-recs-create__table_uqj_twc_gxb" class="table" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><caption><span class="tablecap"><span class="table--title-label">Table 1. </span>Recommendation Method list fields and descriptions</span></caption><colgroup><col style="width:50%" /><col style="width:50%" /></colgroup><thead class="thead" style="text-align:left;"><tr class="row"><th class="entry nocellnorowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d371415e286">Field</th><th class="entry cell-norowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d371415e289">Description</th></tr></thead><tbody class="tbody"><tr class="row"><td class="entry nocellnorowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d371415e286 ">Recommend only</td><td class="entry cell-norowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d371415e289 ">Displays a recommendation message for the field.</td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry nocellnorowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d371415e286 ">Autofill as per the confidence threshold</td><td class="entry cell-norowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d371415e289 "><ul class="ul" id="ra-csm-field-recs-create__ul_esv_wwc_gxb"><li class="li"><span class="ph uicontrol">Confidence</span>: Field that provides the confidence score. <p class="p">Enter a static value or use the pill-picker to select an input that you configured in the Field recommendation inputs related list.</p> </li><li class="li"><span class="ph uicontrol">Confidence threshold for direct assignment</span>: Confidence threshold for the recommendation. If the confidence score is more than the threshold value, the recommended value is auto-filled. Otherwise, a message is displayed.</li></ul> </td></tr><tr class="row"><td class="entry row-nocellborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d371415e286 ">Autofill as per the resource generator preference</td><td class="entry cellrowborder" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d371415e289 "><span class="ph uicontrol">Recommendation Preference</span>: Field that has "true" or "false" value for preference. If this value is true, the recommended value for the field is auto-filled. Otherwise, a message is displayed.<p class="p">Enter a static value or use the pill-picker to select an input that you configured in the Field recommendation inputs related list.</p> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </div> </li><li class="li substep substepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Click <span class="ph uicontrol">Submit</span>.</span> </li></ol> </li></ol> </div> </body></html></div>